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  1. Self-host Instructions for Active Directory/Single Sign-On (SSO)

    To set up Comparion Self-Host with your Active Directory/SSO: Configure saml.config Open the saml.config file located in the installation folder (...\ Application ).   Edit the saml.config parameters. This needs to be confi...
  2. Troubleshooting

    What could go wrong? Site at the FQD N specified in the setup.ini doesn't load or is not found You might not have access to the webserver. Try pinging it. IIS not installed or not configured properly. From the webserver with I...
  3. Setting up IIS on Windows Server 2016

    Use Server Manager to add roles and features to enable IIS and the necessary components. (On Windows 10, use Control Panel | Turn Windows features on or off instead of Server Manager and define only the features.) From a fresh Windows Server 2016,...
  4. Upgrade the Application

    To upgrade Comparion, extract the contents of the new zip you received to your C:\Websites  directory. For example, if your zip file is named  5.70.016.45531PS-SH.zip your C:\Websites directory could look like this, shown with 4 different versio...
  5. Set password policy

    Login as admin or as a user with System Manager permissions Add "/install" (without the quotation marks) to the end of the URL you login with; press enter The install page loads; click the Settings button on the Install page. Check the password ...
  6. Change Admin password

    Log in as admin From the System Manager drop-down at the upper right, choose Personal Settings Specify a new password or click the Generate link to have one generated for you Make sure you save the new admin password somewhere you’ll be able to ...
  7. Apply a new license file

    Open up a browser and browse to the URL you specified for your Comparion installation. Login as admin using the admin password Repeat the next steps for every workgroup you have, including the System Workgroup Click the Edit Workgroup button Cl...
  8. Configure the setup.ini

    Replace the instances comparion.example.com   of your FQDN fully qualified domain name), eg. comparion.acme.org   in the setup.ini file. Set the DB_COMPARION  value to the name you wish to call your Comparion database. Leave OPTIONS_ForceSS...
  9. Install Expert Choice Self host instance

    To install Comparion: Make sure you have saved setup.ini , and then Open a Powershell prompt with elevated Administrator privileges. Navigate to the install directory where  SelfHostSetup.ps1 is located. Make sure your system can run powershe...
  10. Creating a database, workgroups and installing your license

    Open up a browser and browse to the URL you specified for your Comparion installation in the previous step, “Configure the Comparion setup file”. Add /install to the end of the URL For example, Subdomain.PrimaryDomain.TopLevelDomain/install Pr...